Ran aground... boat stopped like I had breaks! :-(

I was going to say something, but my GF is looking over my shoulder.
 
What was he going to say???? (that's my girlfriend)
 
OK guys, settle down… Here is a Guy, new to boating and made numerous mistakes. So, from me, here is some positive feed back.

I’m in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef where you don’t want to run aground at 30kts. Unless you want the bottom torn out on the coral.

Get to know your GPS. Generally, here in Hervey Bay, our electronic charts are out of date.

We have a government web site, “Notice to Mariners” , where all changes to the surveys and paper charts are recorded. These changes are updated almost daily.

I have all the routes I use, 500 miles to the North and South stored in the GPS, about 70 all up.

I have a C-Map PC Planner where all my routes are created, updated, using the “Notice to Mariners” web site, and stored and transported to the boat on the User Card.

I don’t have to try to figure out, or find, where the next marker is on the chart plotter, I only have to follow the route which was created and checked at home. So I pretty much know exactly where I am and what’s ahead at any time while under way. Day or Night. We don’t have too much traffic here, so 30kts at night is “fairly” safe.

I call on Ch 16 (at night) and let other boats in the area know where I am, especially returning to port.

So there is my bit, maybe there is a few hints the new boaties could use.

BTW… I haven’t hit much in 60 years, still try and stay safe.
 
Hey, if it makes you feel better, I'm learning. Sure some guys will give you crap, but hey, you posted what seemed to be an obvious boo-boo. Then admitted what happened, and sure enough, a learning lesson.
But at least you didn't fire up a portable Honda Generator while waiting the night.:grin:
That thread went forever and was eventually locked. That got UGLY!...This is tame compared to that!
 
TurtleTone said:
the only one in this thread that got nasty was Scuma.
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If you ask me, Sea Gull could have said what he did a little nicer rather speaking down from his thrown. I defended Gnealon at which point he obv took a jab at me...I just simply went in for the TKO. You mess with the Bull, you get the horns.
 
Four Suns said:
I didn't assume you were talking about me. I get more infractions than a $2 hooker in Vegas... I assumed you were talking about jg300da.
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Seeing as how I haven't even posted in this thread prior to this, your assumption is clearly one of an assh0le.

Shouldn't you be off somewhere finishing your coloring book?


Note to moderators; this poster is not calling the quoted poster an assh0le, per se, only pointing out that the qouted poster's remarks can only logically be categorized as those coming from someone speaking like an assh0le (in my mind).
 
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It's time...

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mmmm, that bunny.... I mean pancake looks tasty.
 
That's what I was thinking... gotta stop at the diner now :thumbsup:
 
Scuma said:
If you ask me, Sea Gull could have said what he did a little nicer rather speaking down from his thrown. I defended Gnealon at which point he obv took a jab at me...I just simply went in for the TKO. You mess with the Bull, you get the horns.
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"tell your wife I say hello" was horns?
 
TurtleTone said:
"tell your wife I say hello" was horns?
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I could say something pretty funny to that comment (nothing against you) but I'd then again be crossing that line and there is no reason for that. I don't hold grudges nor perceptions of ppl that I never met or hardly know. It is what it is, and it's all in good fun. For those that do know me, they know I am joking around.
 
Yes, I am the *******. I appreciate that people come to this site to learn and the OP is to be praised for allowing others to learn from his mistakes. But to me, this guys situation represents everything that is wrong with boating today.

Every day I am on the water I see people operating boats unsafely. Making wakes in no wake zones or bow riding. I see them skiing, wakeboarding or tubing without a spotter, overloading, operating too fast. I pick them up on radar, with no nav. lights at night, anchoring in an active channel, etc. Here we have a guy who does not know his boat, does not know his equipment (didn't even bother to check if it was working before relying on it for primary navigation). He may or may not have paper charts onboard. He relied on "friends" who turned out not to be all too helpful, and he was traveling at excessive speed - just to name a few.

Perhaps my post makes me an *******, but if by being an ******* to one person I can keep another from making the same boneheaded decisions then so be it. I am a man of few words, but an overwhelming desire to keep you and everyone else on the water safe.
 
Sea Gull - I agree with what you have said in rgds to the carelessness out on the water these days but there is a high road and a low road when it comes to "bestowing" knowledge on others, and you took the low my friend. There are other ways to teach someone other than being an a$$hole. That's like saying, you had to hit your child for him to learn, or a teacher had to smack the student with a ruler so they didn't make the same mistake twice and when asked why you hit them, you say it was for their own good. Oh Really?!?!
GNealon is obv unexperienced but he is on this forum WANTING AND WILLING to learn. He's in my mind, not one of those teenagers cruising with friends on the bow, flying through bridges, or driving with no nav lights on. Don't take your frustrations of others on the water out on someone here asking for advice so he can be better for himself and OTHERS on the water and on his own boat.
 
Scuma said:
I agree with what you have said in rgds to the carelessness out on the water these days but there is a high road and a low road when it comes to "bestowing" knowledge on others, and you took the low my friend.
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what was that road you took again?
 
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Sea Gull said:
Yes, I am the *******. I appreciate that people come to this site to learn and the OP is to be praised for allowing others to learn from his mistakes. But to me, this guys situation represents everything that is wrong with boating today.

Every day I am on the water I see people operating boats unsafely. Making wakes in no wake zones or bow riding. I see them skiing, wakeboarding or tubing without a spotter, overloading, operating too fast. I pick them up on radar, with no nav. lights at night, anchoring in an active channel, etc. Here we have a guy who does not know his boat, does not know his equipment (didn't even bother to check if it was working before relying on it for primary navigation). He may or may not have paper charts onboard. He relied on "friends" who turned out not to be all too helpful, and he was traveling at excessive speed - just to name a few.

Perhaps my post makes me an *******, but if by being an ******* to one person I can keep another from making the same boneheaded decisions then so be it. I am a man of few words, but an overwhelming desire to keep you and everyone else on the water safe.
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Sea Gull... I am a software architect. When i come across a computer and it is inundated with spyware/viruses I go nuts. I just don't understand why people can't learn to browse the web safely. They just click on any email that comes into their box... run any free CD that came in a cereal box... and NEVER take the time to backup their precious pictures of their family. Then they come to me with their crashed hard drives and ask me if I can get all their pictures back. I guess not everyone is as good as me on a computer.

So when they come to me with their tail between their legs asking for help... I help. I don't give them a lecture about all the other ignorant computer users in the world and the problems that exist in our society.

I'm sure you didn't start with a 58 foot boat, you were a beginner at some point in life. I admitted i made "bonehead decisions", but i did them with the knowledge I HAD. I didn't make poor decisions when I knew the proper ones to take. There is a big difference.
 
TurtleTone said:
what was that road you took again?
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To you and some others, I guess it looks as if I took the low as well, but to me, it was the funny one. Guess that's what you get when you have others reading what you type...you can never tell how someone was really saying it. Either way, from what I have written after that, you should be able to tell I'm not an A$$hole, but if you do, it is what it is.
 
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